How Can I Foster Group Cohesiveness?

Team cohesion refers to the attractiveness of the team to the members, the centripetal force of the members to the team, and the mutual attraction between team members. Team cohesion is not only a necessary condition for maintaining the existence of the team, but also has a very important role in exerting the potential of the team.

Team unity

American social psychologist L Festinger believes that this kind of cohesion is the joint force that keeps group members in the group, which is also an interpersonal attraction. This attraction has some similarities in mechanics, such as a person. When playing "Meteor Planet", the meteor planet is around the center of the hand and will not be lost. The hand is the center point. What is the center point of cohesion? It is the attraction of a team to all members. This is mainly manifested in three aspects: ^[1]

Classic quotes from Teacher Bai Jun

My teeth are dark and my heart is black; if I walk and hump my back, it's because I've bowed my way to work.

The audience is water, and water can carry it, and it can overturn it.

Chairman Mao said: Learn to war in war; we want to say: Learn to speak in speech.

What is learned is what is learned, and what is learned is the ability.

The mouth is not only used for eating, it is also a tool for creating value and sharing value.

Martial arts masters do not need to bring knives, and speech masters do not need to take notes.

There is no eloquence to become talented, with eloquence to become handsome.

Speech is sales. You are either selling your ideas or selling your products.

Leaders spread their missions, managers spread their ideas; nobles spread aggressively, and mediocre spreads helplessly.

The slogan is shouted, and the culture is made.

The system is to keep people from making mistakes, and the culture is to keep people from making mistakes.

Ma Yun said: A manager who does not educate employees is at best a supervisor; we want to say: An employee who does not educate customers is at best a handyman.

Kaifu Li said: People who have thought but not expression are tantamount to no thought. We have to say: People who cannot express their thoughts are more like those without thoughts.

Confucius said: There is no word, and it is not far away; we have to say: There is no virtue in words, good luck is short.

Praise is a habit and a mentality;

There is never a shortage of talents in this world. What is missing is your ability to discover and attract talents.

There is never a lack of Bole in this world. What is missing is your ability to be discovered and attracted to Bole.

Silence is not a golden chair, expression is productivity.

There are both internal and external factors in team cohesion. The internal factors come from the members and the team itself, and the external factors come from the pressure of the environment. Team cohesion can be a process in which team members' understanding of the situation and response tend to be consistent, it can also be a member's cohesion to the behavior of others, or members can hold a specific

Composition of team members.

Team size. The larger the team, the lower the cohesion of the team. As the size of the team increases, the opportunities and possibilities for interaction between team members decrease, making it difficult to form cohesion; on the contrary, the smaller the team size (generally 5 to 12 people are considered more appropriate), the greater the opportunity for interaction between team members , The easier it is for team members to become one, thereby forming stronger cohesion (Kramer & Brewer, 1984).

Members' similarity. The so-called similarity of members refers to the more obvious individual characteristics summarized and summarized according to personal records, and also includes those deep-seated factors that are difficult to observe and have a more decisive influence on human behavior patterns, such as personality, attitudes, values and other psychological factors. Factors, etc., also includes the overall characteristics produced by the dynamic collection of individual intrinsic characteristics.

(3) The affinity of members. Newcomb (1960) pointed out that if A finds certain qualities from B, such as reputation and social status, pleasure, supportiveness, and other favorite personality characteristics, A will praise and admire B, This mutual attraction among members will make them willing to work together to accomplish a certain task.

Team tasks.

Consistency of mission objectives. Consistent goals are a prerequisite for cohesion. First, if team goals are consistent with individual goals, individuals will be attracted to the team. Second, the process by which teams establish common goals often implies the process of establishing competitors or "common enemies." Studies have shown that the emergence of "common enemies" will strengthen the internal identification of the team and make the identity of team members even more important.

The degree of interdependence in the realization of the target task. If the achievement of team goals requires the joint efforts and close collaboration of each team member, the team members will be integrated with other members in behavior, emotion, and psychology to form a joint force. Therefore, the team's process of achieving the goal is also the formation of cohesion. On the contrary, if the degree of mutual trust required to achieve the goal is low, it is not easy to form team cohesion.

(3) Attraction of team tasks to members. The content, form, and frequency of completing the task of the team are suitable for members, and the attraction is great; on the contrary, if the activity is not welcomed by members, the attraction will be reduced, and even the members will become bored and disgusted, thus leaving the team.

The difficulty of the task. Repetitive and tedious routine tasks will bring burnout and affect team cohesion. Taking a team as a unit is a challenging and achievable task. Such tasks can bring the entire team a common experience of facing pressure. To complete such tasks, team members must be highly consistent and work together. Such a process of completing tasks also promotes the formation of higher cohesion.

Internal team management.

The above examination of the factors affecting team cohesion provides a basis for the cultivation of team cohesion. Based on this, the following specific measures for team cohesion cultivation are proposed.

Clear and consistent goals.

How to build a good team has always been an old problem that plagues our human resources. Diverse individuals form groups of different styles, and groups of different styles form our business. Therefore, the quality of team building directly affects the operation and development of our company. In our company, there are three types of team problems that stand out:
Problems between "departments" and "departments" < If the enterprise is a game of chess, then each department is a small grid on the board, and each of us is a piece of chess. If you want to play this game well and win the final victory, it is not enough to rely on the efforts of one person or one department. It is necessary to proceed from the overall situation, all departments and all work together, closely centering on corporate goals, cooperating and cooperating with each other, in order to achieve indispensable competition and ultimately win. However, some shirks, some cold words, and some small conflicts between the departments can easily destroy the original harmonious atmosphere in the enterprise, break the balance between the departments, and cause problems such as poor communication and inefficiency within the company and various departments .

The problem of "big companies" and "small groups"

In order to enhance the team awareness of employees, an important aspect is to establish the concept of a large team among employees. An enterprise is like a machine, and each department is an indispensable part of the machine. It is impossible to make the entire machine operate normally only by a certain component. However, gangs and small groupisms often occur within enterprises. They may be happy within small groups, but they are harmful to the development of the entire company.

Problems between "people" and "people"

With the development of society, the world is becoming smaller and smaller, and employees in many companies come from all over the world. Although the unit brings together elites from all over the country, there is also a problem. Different regions will make everyone different in customs, lifestyles, and these differences may cause some thinking among employees. Differences, and differences in thinking styles directly lead to differences in behavior styles, which will cause some contradictions among employees in their daily work, which is also an unfavorable factor for enterprise team building.